New perspective on things

[lacrow]

OK, so I was thinking about this season and initially I was as negative as most of you guys out there (judging by the posts), however the more I thought about it, the more positive I became... and this is why:

Perhaps, this is the season we HAD to have in order to give our youngsters a chance to gain experience and to see who could play and who could not. What better excuse could we have for trying out all the kids than injury? It gives Craig a free reign to experiment while at the same time not stepping on anybody's toes.

Think about it... we were still in it up until last week even though we were playing a lot of young kids. That's a good thing for supporters. I'd much rather sit through a season like this then to KNOW before the season starts that we have no chance and are just blooding young kids. At least it's a little more exciting, albeit frustrating.

In addition, I'd rather have a season where the impetus is put on the kids to perform (and 2nd tier) while McLeod, Edwards, Goodwin, etc have still got some semblance of youth in them than to have this season come at the very end of their careers. At least this way we can hope to have a lot of improvement from the kids next year WHILE Macca, Edwards, etc. are also still capable of significant contributions.

Imagine how much worse it would be if this happened 2 years from now when the old stars were retiring and we had to hang all our hopes on young kids suddenly turning into matchwinners.

 

[turbo182]

OK, so I was thinking about this season and initially I was as negative as most of you guys out there (judging by the posts), however the more I thought about it, the more positive I became... and this is why:

Perhaps, this is the season we HAD to have in order to give our youngsters a chance to gain experience and to see who could play and who could not. What better excuse could we have for trying out all the kids than injury? It gives Craig a free reign to experiment while at the same time not stepping on anybody's toes.

Think about it... we were still in it up until last week even though we were playing a lot of young kids. That's a good thing for supporters. I'd much rather sit through a season like this then to KNOW before the season starts that we have no chance and are just blooding young kids. At least it's a little more exciting, albeit frustrating.

In addition, I'd rather have a season where the impetus is put on the kids to perform (and 2nd tier) while McLeod, Edwards, Goodwin, etc have still got some semblance of youth in them than to have this season come at the very end of their careers. At least this way we can hope to have a lot of improvement from the kids next year WHILE Macca, Edwards, etc. are also still capable of significant contributions.

Imagine how much worse it would be if this happened 2 years from now when the old stars were retiring and we had to hang all our hopes on young kids suddenly turning into matchwinners.

*token reply about rebuilding, retirements, delisting Jericho etc.

 

[pjcrows]

This is my last post on the whole "perspective" issue.

We had 2 years to win a premiership. 2005 and 2006. We failed to do so. Just like in 1997 and 1998, we had our chances, and we took them. In 2002 and 2003 we had similar chances and let them slip.

It will be a hard slog over the next few years, losing Ricciuto, Edwards, McLeod, Torney and eventually Goodwin and Burton. All we can do is have faith that the players and coaching staff can, in the not-too-distant future, create the consistency and performance that we had in 2005 and 2006. But next time take the opportunity and turn it into a premiership.

Until then, we just keep barracking

 

[maccas_no1]

This is my last post on the whole "perspective" issue.

We had 2 years to win a premiership. 2005 and 2006. We failed to do so. Just like in 1997 and 1998, we had our chances, and we took them. In 2002 and 2003 we had similar chances and let them slip.

It will be a hard slog over the next few years, losing Ricciuto, Edwards, McLeod, Torney and eventually Goodwin and Burton. All we can do is have faith that the players and coaching staff can, in the not-too-distant future, create the consistency and performance that we had in 2005 and 2006. But next time take the opportunity and turn it into a premiership.

Until then, we just keep barracking

Spot on thats all we can do, yes we will groan from time to time, but gotta ride the lows to truely celebrate the highs

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Perhaps, this is the season we HAD to have in order to give our youngsters a chance to gain experience and to see who could play and who could not. What better excuse could we have for trying out all the kids than injury? It gives Craig a free reign to experiment while at the same time not stepping on anybody's toes.

But because we are still aiming for finals, we haven't blooded all the kids we otherise would have.

 

[bobshoby]

They'll get a few games after this week and then hopefully we'll have a bit of a focus on that next year. If the footy gods have a sense of irony we'll probably end up with a fantastic forward line supplied by an exceedingly average midfield